Comrades,Supporters and well wishers, Best wishes of the year 2008.May we work united and with an everlasting fraternity supposed to be of and in the movement...
In the past years we have seen president Hugo Chávez defending socialism and at the same time attacking the policies followed by capitalist countries like the...
I CAN relate to the slain chairperson of the People's Party, Benazir Bhutto, on a number of counts. She inspired and was a symbol to fulfil one's dreams,...
This process is going to produce the same effects as Leninism-Stalinism: To create more confusions within the working class in Latin America, and to discredit...
Hi Alan I thought that Joseph Green's analysis of Parecon was interesting, particularly his idea that in the Parecon system there would need to be some kind of...
This commentary is not party of the article. Communist Voice are ex-members of the Marxist Leninist Party of the US. formed after the party was dissolved on a...
As i said there was things in the critique that i would not agree with , such as the over-emphasis on the organisation of Parecon contrasting with syndicalism...
alan johnstone
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Jan 1, 2008 5:16 pm
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Even that Joseph Green and his Journal, the Communist Voice have rejected, and, have made many critique against state capitalism, and Stalinism, they continue...
... I would dispute your assertion that Parecon is making inroads. (With whom? Where?) As far as I can tell, they have not spread outside North America and are...
... Comrades, I have had the first new year article of mine published as per below link. Happy New Year. Justus http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/21/604559 The...
Greetings all, I am fairly new to this forum but have been thinking about joining the movement for a number of years. This is because at times I felt that I...
Hi Andy and Welcome As to the `jesus bed connection' that was not really anything to do with `us'. It was just another example of an individual cut and pasting...
OUCH !! Yes , Andrew , you have pointed out a weakness of this forum but of course there are not too many on it who are seeking education and it is more a...
alan johnstone
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Jan 2, 2008 4:02 pm
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... site. ... it. ... think ... socialism, ... mailed ... party ... silent ... their ... forum ... find ... is ... joining ... Greetings Alan and Dave, Thank...
" As to what I think what we as a movement can do to increase awareness, is to put members up for election at the locals and general elections " We in...
alan johnstone
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Jan 2, 2008 5:38 pm
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... ================== I don't think we should totally ignore the free mail-outs because most of them are binned. We're looking for the tiny percent who read ...
Julian Vein
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Jan 2, 2008 5:50 pm
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Hi Andy To deal with one of your points. The basic premise of free access socialism, which is of course open to challenge, is that in that society its members...
... take ... are ... not ... would ... I ... people ... physical ... on ... Hi Dave, I totally agree with you and the issue of having a house full of expensive...
... Hi all esp.Andy,Dave, I don't see this as any real problem.Different approach maybe from my own,but we aren't clones. I wouldn't mind having a few more...
Hi Matt & Andy et Al I take your point, and I do get nervous about arguing too far about this position as it can appear to look like a posturing holier than ...
The capitalist exploitation takes place at the point of production, not at the point of consumption ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Hi Dave, you have made a very good point here about what could be termed conspicuous consumption. That is, ownership not for the use value of the thing in...
Robert Malone
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Jan 4, 2008 3:25 am
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... be termed ... of the ... because it ... Makers˛ ... produced ... the new ... model would ... things ... of ... previously, ... when the ... record ... ...
But the point made by Marcos was , ... This was spot on .It isn't for us to advocate a reduction of consumption,although we may make individual decisions on...
... production, not at ... is ... Matt, I understand the point made by Marcos, but if there was not the need for the amount of 'stuff' at the point of...
It is true that eliminating consumption will not bring a socialist change alone, but it brings personal and collective conscience very useful to make a shift...
Apart from the the actual ecological effect of consumerism on society , we are also faced with its psychological influence. "A healthy economy is only possible...
alan johnstone
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Jan 4, 2008 8:06 pm
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... change alone, but it brings personal and collective conscience very useful to make a shift in mentallity from Capitalist to Socialist. ... against...
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